diff --git a/gui_vue/src/components/main_active_stats.vue b/gui_vue/src/components/main_active_stats.vue
index 09168814..0dd50984 100644
--- a/gui_vue/src/components/main_active_stats.vue
+++ b/gui_vue/src/components/main_active_stats.vue
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ChartJS.register(
   Legend
 )
 
-
+// dummy data
 //state.arq_speed_list = [{"snr":0.0,"bpm":104,"timestamp":1696189769},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":80,"timestamp":1696189778},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":70,"timestamp":1696189783},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":58,"timestamp":1696189792},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":52,"timestamp":1696189797},{"snr":"NaN","bpm":42,"timestamp":1696189811},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":22,"timestamp":1696189875},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":21,"timestamp":1696189881},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":17,"timestamp":1696189913},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":15,"timestamp":1696189932},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":15,"timestamp":1696189937},{"snr":0.0,"bpm":14,"timestamp":1696189946},{"snr":-6.1,"bpm":14,"timestamp":1696189954},{"snr":-6.1,"bpm":14,"timestamp":1696189955},{"snr":-5.5,"bpm":28,"timestamp":1696189963},{"snr":-5.5,"bpm":27,"timestamp":1696189963}]
 
 var speed_listSize = state.arq_speed_list.length
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ const scatterChartOptions = {
 };
 
 
-
-state.scatter = [{"x":"166","y":"46"},{"x":"-193","y":"-139"},{"x":"-165","y":"-291"},{"x":"311","y":"-367"},{"x":"389","y":"199"},{"x":"78","y":"372"},{"x":"242","y":"-431"},{"x":"-271","y":"-248"},{"x":"28","y":"-130"},{"x":"-20","y":"187"},{"x":"74","y":"362"},{"x":"-316","y":"-229"},{"x":"-180","y":"261"},{"x":"321","y":"360"},{"x":"438","y":"-288"},{"x":"378","y":"-94"},{"x":"462","y":"-163"},{"x":"-265","y":"248"},{"x":"210","y":"314"},{"x":"230","y":"-320"},{"x":"261","y":"-244"},{"x":"-283","y":"-373"}]
+// dummy data
+//state.scatter = [{"x":"166","y":"46"},{"x":"-193","y":"-139"},{"x":"-165","y":"-291"},{"x":"311","y":"-367"},{"x":"389","y":"199"},{"x":"78","y":"372"},{"x":"242","y":"-431"},{"x":"-271","y":"-248"},{"x":"28","y":"-130"},{"x":"-20","y":"187"},{"x":"74","y":"362"},{"x":"-316","y":"-229"},{"x":"-180","y":"261"},{"x":"321","y":"360"},{"x":"438","y":"-288"},{"x":"378","y":"-94"},{"x":"462","y":"-163"},{"x":"-265","y":"248"},{"x":"210","y":"314"},{"x":"230","y":"-320"},{"x":"261","y":"-244"},{"x":"-283","y":"-373"}]
 
 const scatterChartData = computed(() => ({
   datasets: [
diff --git a/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js b/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js
index 52b71eb1..51b0726a 100644
--- a/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js
+++ b/gui_vue/src/js/sock.js
@@ -259,6 +259,13 @@ client.on("data", function (socketdata) {
       var message = ''
       if (data["freedata"] == "tnc-message") {
 
+        // break early if we received a dummy callsign
+        // thats a kind of hotfix, as long as the tnc isnt handling this better
+        if (data["dxcallsign"] == "AA0AA-0"){
+            break
+        }
+
+
       console.log(data);